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Influencing Strategies, A HRMAC Business Essentials Course on Persuasion and Influence

Join LFGSM faculty and HRMAC as they help HR professionals become effective leaders
and influencers this February, March, and April. In the Business Essentials series,
LFGSM and HRMAC hope to strengthen the HR community and its leaders through several
courses focused on strengthening influencing strategies and financial fundamentals.
The first of these courses is Influencing Strategies on February 6th.

Influencing Strategies

Much of the time, HR professional and leaders have to influence without having positional
power. They are asked to drive organizational effectiveness and performance by convincing
others to invest their time, resources, and budgets. Compelling and rational business
cases are essential, but may not always be good enough. To be an effective HR leader,
you need to be an effective influencer.

Via presentation, case studies, and small group work, this course will teach you how
to create strategies to influence your key stakeholders so that they can make wise
decisions. Get the skills you need to be a successful and memorable communicator with
the five steps to influence that result in a win-win outcome for all parties.

Program Faculty:

Suzanne Coonan, PHR, is a faculty member at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. Suzanne is
an experienced human resources leader, consultant and executive coach who helps successful
business professionals reach the next level in their career and life. She has nearly
20 years of experience in Human Resources most recently as Vice President of HR at
an MBA school. She has held leadership positions at a not-for-profit organization,
a legal publishing company, a technology consulting firm, and a professional services
firm. Suzanne holds a Master's of Science in Positive Organization Development & Change
from Case Western Reserve University, a Bachelor's Degree from Northwestern University.